operational technologies

Industrial equipment

Spotlight Podcast: OT Is Under Attack. Now What?

Chris Walcutt, the CSO at DirectDefense talks about the rapidly changing threat landscape that critical infrastructure owners and operators inhabit, and how savvy firms are managing OT cyber risks.

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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT – including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments.

Dragos Community Defense Program Helps Small Utilities Facing Cyber Attacks

Dragos Security on Wednesday unveiled a “Community Defense Program” to provide free cybersecurity software for small utilities providing water, electric, and natural gas in the United States.

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FBI: Iranian APT Targets Israeli-Made PLCs Used In Critical Industries

The hack of a Pennsylvania water treatment facility in November is part of a larger campaign by an Iranian APT group against users of Israel-made operational technology.

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Report: Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks A Global Crisis

The systems we rely on to keep the lights on, heat our homes, make our medicines and move our goods are increasingly connecting to the Internet, and increasingly vulnerable to devastating cyber attacks in what a new report calls a looming “global crisis.”